Aug. 1, 2024

Lagavulin 2023 special release!

History of distillery
- Legal distilling started in 1816 by John Johnston
- He kept it and also ran another distillery out of the same building (Ardmore)
- In 1862 Logan Mackie and Co. Buys Lagavulin
  - Became a partner with the current owners then, JC Graham
  - Graham managed the distillery, Mackie handled marketing to glasgow, london, and the colonies
- 1889 Peter Mackie takes over after Logan dies
  - Peter Created white horse blend in 1890
  - Co-founded Craigellachie
- Malt Mill
  - Peter starts malt mill in 1908
  - Started because peter was upset over the agency at laphroig
  - Was meant to be similar to laphroig but fell short
  - Ended in 1962
- 1924 Peter passes and the owning company name is changed to white horse distillery
  - White horse blend was named after an Inn in Edinburgh’s Canongate, also owned by the Mackies
    - Owned by them from 1650-1917, with the death of the last male decendent
  - It was the starting point for a direct coach to london
- 1926, the “white horse screwcap” was added, this boomed popularity
- 1927 became part of DCL (Distillers Company Limited
- 1986 by united distillers
- 1997 by Diageo
  - Diageo IS DCL, it morphed and changed a few times
The bottle
- 2023 special release “The INk of Legends”
- Meant to impart the idea of mesoamerican Tattooing
- Finished in Don Julio Anejo Tequila Casks